STREETLIGHTS at Reading's Town Hall Square will be switched off on Monday to mark the outbreak of the First World War.
A single light will be switched on in the Town Hall’s Silverthorne Room between 10pm and 11pm. At the same time, Reading Mayor, Cllr Tony Jones, will lead an hour-long candle-lit vigil at the war memorial outside Forbury Gardens.
British Legion representatives will join the mayor at the vigil, and the lights switch-off forms part of the national ‘Lights Out’ campaign, organised to mark 100 years since the Great War began.
Cllr Jones said: "As lights go off all over the United Kingdom, in Reading we are marking this significant moment by switching off the lights in Town Hall Square at 10pm, and at the same time holding our own vigil at Forbury Gardens.
“People across Reading can mark the moment by joining in the national 'Lights Out' moment in their own homes. As Mayor of Reading I’d like to extend an invitation to all Reading residents to join me at the Forbury War Memorial where Reading will be holding its own vigil to remember all those who made the ultimate sacrifice in the name of freedom and democracy."
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